OP, people do not like it when others feel it is "all about them". Get it?

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Anonymous wrote:You hate DC? Stop bitching, pack your shit up and move back to Bumblefuck, PA. Oh, wait...There are no jobs in your flyover town. You need to be here. So STFU and get back to work you government lackey. DC is such a great city. You have very "City" like neighborhoods like Georgetown, Dupont, Logan, Capitol Hill, very suburban 'hoods like Palisades, Spring Valley, Takoma, CCDC, Hill Crest and everything in between. The people who hate it here are those who just didn't succeed at what they came out here to do. Sorry you're not the top LA for a Senator, or you didn't make Post Master General. Suck it up.

What about neighborhoods like Shaw, Columbia Heights, H Street, Anacostia? I'll bet you just love those neighborhoods, too, OP.

OP doesn't go to where the po' folk live! That be just crazy....she only speak about everything in between where rich white folk can go.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THE *PEOPLE* OP! Not to worry.

Anonymous wrote:I think 13:59 makes a good point. DC is not an especially great place to be if you're trying to raise a family on one or two not-very-high salaries. It's easy to look at your friends who live elsewhere and have much nicer houses for half the cost of yours and wonder what the hell you're doing here. And if you're forced to live in the exurbs and commute a long way to your job, I can see that making someone miserable. The risk of those other places, though, is that the money you put into that cheaper house still might not survive a downturn, and the job markets may be more dependent on a single company or industry.

this is exactly why we are still here instead of moved to the city we were supposed to move to (discussed for several years and were supposed to move last year). My husband has much better job opportunities here. Moving to the other city would have made him fairly dependent on keeping a job at one place, and who needs that kind of stress? If the economy weren't so crappy, picking up and moving wouldn't be so difficult. But employment and home values keep a lot of people in one place for much longer than they would like. It made more sense to us to stay here with the better employment opportunities which in turn made paying the bills including mortgage easier even if it meant living with the cost of living that makes it hard to live here sometimes. I'm not a hater or whiner - I actually prefer this area to most other places and have friends here and all of that. We are happy with our lives here for the most part. I dislike the cost of living and the traffic, but there is not much we can do about it. At least we know we are both employable here and can continue to pay our bills.

Anonymous wrote:You hate DC? Stop bitching, pack your shit up and move back to Bumblefuck, PA. Oh, wait...There are no jobs in your flyover town. You need to be here. So STFU and get back to work you government lackey. DC is such a great city. You have very "City" like neighborhoods like Georgetown, Dupont, Logan, Capitol Hill, very suburban 'hoods like Palisades, Spring Valley, Takoma, CCDC, Hill Crest and everything in between. The people who hate it here are those who just didn't succeed at what they came out here to do. Sorry you're not the top LA for a Senator, or you didn't make Post Master General. Suck it up.

What about neighborhoods like Shaw, Columbia Heights, H Street, Anacostia? I'll bet you just love those neighborhoods, too, OP.

I've always found military wives to be very resilient, friendly, and adaptable. They have to be! They often have learned to quickly throw themselves into a new situation and make it work for themselves and for their families. I don't think the whiners are military families. No, I do not.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the haters are military wives. That group seems to be miserable everywhere, even Hawaii. The man has friends through work. The kids have friends through school. All the long-suffering wife has is FB and DCUM.

That's pretty nasty of you. As a veteran-wife, I know the opposite to be true. During my husband's 20 years of service, we only lived in two cities and loved them both. Military spouses tend to have a very supportive and friendly network.

I think 13:59 makes a good point. DC is not an especially great place to be if you're trying to raise a family on one or two not-very-high salaries. It's easy to look at your friends who live elsewhere and have much nicer houses for half the cost of yours and wonder what the hell you're doing here. And if you're forced to live in the exurbs and commute a long way to your job, I can see that making someone miserable. The risk of those other places, though, is that the money you put into that cheaper house still might not survive a downturn, and the job markets may be more dependent on a single company or industry.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the haters are military wives. That group seems to be miserable everywhere, even Hawaii. The man has friends through work. The kids have friends through school. All the long-suffering wife has is FB and DCUM.

Nicest women in my neighborhood are the military wives. And they seem to have pretty healthy social lives. You need to crawl out from under your rock.

People in the D.C. area seem to pride themselves on not being friendly ( or having irrational social phobias). OP, D.C. part of the journey, not the destination to most Get over it. I am sorry for you that you have no where else to go. Well, I have one idea....

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up. I have lived many other places in my adult life. I like it here. It is a good mix of a lot of things and the people are very educated.

It is a great fit for me and my family is here too.

I don't mind when ppl trash it on this forum because I am happy. It's not for everyone. Then again- some people are not happy no matter where they live.

Not liking living in a city like DC does not in any way translate into "well, you're just a miserable person."

Actually, I think it does. I've found that most people who hate the place they live in are just unhappy in general. If you were living in a war zone, or something, I could see it, but DC just really isn't that bad.

I hated DC when I was married to my first husband. After we divorced, I realized that it wasn't the town I hated, it was my life. I'm happily remarried now, and I like living in DC a lot. My husband and I agree that we could live anywhere, as long as we are together.

See 9:25. No, it doesn't.

I was one of the posters who previously complained about DC and then an opportunity presented itself to leave and we took it. I am SO much happier so I would genuinely tell posters who are unhappy to try to do something about it. We moved to another high cost of living city so the expense of DC was not the issue. For me it was really that I found it very difficult to establish a sense of community in DC. We lived in NW DC and had also lived in N VA at some point and it just seemed like people we liked were literally sprawled across 3 states and it was impossible to meet up during the weekdays. I felt like I had all the burdens of city life without the conveniences and even when I lived in the suburbs I was a slave to traffic.

I wonder how many of the haters are military wives. That group seems to be miserable everywhere, even Hawaii. The man has friends through work. The kids have friends through school. All the long-suffering wife has is FB and DCUM.

OP, can you come over and help us pack so we can get away ASAP? Thanks so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up. I have lived many other places in my adult life. I like it here. It is a good mix of a lot of things and the people are very educated.

It is a great fit for me and my family is here too.

I don't mind when ppl trash it on this forum because I am happy. It's not for everyone. Then again- some people are not happy no matter where they live.

Not liking living in a city like DC does not in any way translate into "well, you're just a miserable person."

Actually, I think it does. I've found that most people who hate the place they live in are just unhappy in general. If you were living in a war zone, or something, I could see it, but DC just really isn't that bad.

I hated DC when I was married to my first husband. After we divorced, I realized that it wasn't the town I hated, it was my life. I'm happily remarried now, and I like living in DC a lot. My husband and I agree that we could live anywhere, as long as we are together.